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Volume XII, Issue 11

November 9, 2010

With a long, cold winter on the horizon the Quizster braced himself with a couple of shots of B&B over some crushed ice, pulled the lounge chair into the sun on the Phlegm Building veranda and decided to face reality. Therefore, a quiz about drag racing’s “Lighter Shade of Pale,” the Winternationals.

#1 Over the years all of the major drag racing sanctioning bodies have had a major “winter” race. Among those are of course the NHRA Wintenationals at Pomona, the AHRA WinterNationals at various Western tracks and the IHRA Winter Nationals. There was a fourth sanctioning body that had a “Winternationals” What was it?
A: UDRA	C: NASCAR
B: AHDRA	D: ADRL
#2 Who has the most NHRA Winternationals professional class wins?
A: John Force	C: Don Garlits
B: Bob Glidden	D: Don Carlton
#3 The first IHRA Winter Nationals was held at Lakeland, Florida in 1971. Who won Top Fuel at that event?
A: Dale Funk	C: Don Garlits
B: Mark Oswald	D: Clayton Harris
#4 Over the years the old IHRA held its Winter Nationals in many different tracks. How many tracks have staged the IHRA Winter Nationals over the years?
A: 1	C: 4
B: 3	D: 6
#5 As much as the old IHRA changed venues for their Winter Nationals, the original AHRA changed locations for their event even more. How many different tracks held the race?
A: 2	C: 6
B: 4	D: 8